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Weighing the Options

Weighing the Options By:"Committee to Develop Criteria for Evaluating the Outcomes of Approaches to Prevent and Treat Obesity","Institute of Medicine" Published on 1995-03-01 by National Academies Press Nearly one out of every three adults in America is obese and tens of millions of people in the United States are dieting at any one time. This has resulted in a weight-loss industry worth billions of dollars a year and growing. What are the long-term results of weight-loss programs? How can people sort through the many programs available and select one that is right for them? Weighing the Options strives to answer these questions. Despite widespread public concern about weight, few studies have examined the long-term results of weight-loss programs. One reason that evaluating obesity management is difficult is that no other treatment depends so much on an individual's own initiative and state of mind. Now, a distinguished group of experts assembled by the Institu...

Weighing the Options

Weighing the Options By:"Paul R. Thomas" Published on 1995-03-01 by National Academies This volume presents criteria for evaluating treatment programs for obesity and explores what these criteria mean--to health care providers, program designers, researchers, and even overweight people seeking help. Discusses information necessary to make wise program choices and evaluations; examines how client demographics and characteristics--including health status, knowledge of weight-loss issues, and attitude toward weight and body image--affect these programs. This Book was ranked 16 by Google Books for keyword weight loss programs.